BOSNEWSLIFE’S BEST: Canada Priest Fired For Exposing Sex Abuse, Losing Home

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(WARNING:The report contains a short described explicit scene. Reader discretion advised) By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife victoriamatthewsEDMONTON, CANADA (BosNewsLife)-- A prominent Anglican priest faced losing his home Friday, January 25, after being being fired by bishops and other authorities for revealing sexual abuse within Canada's Anglican Church and the prison system.

Brazil Evangelicals Mourn Murdered Pastor

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by Vatican Radio's James Blears Charles-Vidal-de-Souza BRASILIA, BRAZIL (BosNewsLife)-- Local authorities in Brazil continued investigating Sunday,  January 12, the murder of an evangelical pastor at his church in the city of Belo Horizonte.

Pope, Churches, Condemn Paris Massacre

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By BosNewsLife News Center B6wZOY8CMAA_b6vWASHINGTON/PARIS/VATICAN (BosNewsLife)-- The Catholic Church and other denominations have condemned an apparent Islamist militant attack on a satirical magazine that killed 12 people in Paris.

NEWS WATCH: Slovenia Elects Eastern Europe’s First Black Mayor

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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
BUDAPEST/PIRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Doctor Peter Bossman, who was born in Ghana, is starting his work as mayor of Slovenia's coastal town of Piran. Bossman's election earned him the distinction of being Eastern Europe's first black mayor, but he as urged supporters not to view him as the next Barack Obama, a reference to the United States' first black president.

Wycliffe Bible Translators Move To Most Anti-Christian Nations

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By Eric Leijenaar, BosNewsLife Senior Special Correspondent reporting from the Netherlands AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (BosNewsLife)-- Translators of U.S.-based Wycliffe Associates have launched two Bible translation projects in countries where evangelism, or even reading a Bible, is forbidden.

US Warns: ‘Christians Most Persecuted Group’

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos WASHINGTON, USA (BosNewsLife)-- Leading U.S. lawmakers and government investigators suggest that Christians are now...

Cuba Targets Religious Rights Activists, Christians

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HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuban authorities are targeting a top religious rights advocate and other activists as well as Christian leaders with travel bans and visits by security agents amid growing tensions with Washington, BosNewsLife established Thursday, June 22.

NEWS ALERT: Italy Police Say 12 Migrants Drowned For Faith In Christ

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By BosNewsLife News Center REUTERS753883_ThumbnailTRIPOLI/ROME/WASHINGTON (BosNewsLife)-- Italian police say they have detained 15 Muslims who allegedly threw 12 Christians from an overcrowded migrant boat after they expressed faith in Jesus Christ. Vatican Radio, citing survivors, reported that the Christians had been praying for their lives during during a recent crossing from Libya.

Cuba Pastor Denied Visa To Leave Island For U.S.

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By BosNewsLife Americas Service HAVANA, CUBA (BosNewsLife)-- Cuban Pastor Omar Gude Perez, who was jailed on "trumped up charges" for leading a major network of independent churches, has so far been denied a visa to leave Cuba to seek asylum in the United States, a Christian rights group confirmed to BosNewsLife Thursday, January 19.

Islamic Countries, India Receive Hall Of Shame ‘Awards’

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By BosNewsLife News Center muslim-extremistWASHINGTON DC, USA (BosNewsLife)-- An influential United States-based Christian rights groups has warned of increased persecution of Christians in "many Islamic countries" and said that even in India, often described as the world's "largest democracy", believers faced the worst violence in recent years.